Twitch Chat Badges Guide
This article provides a breakdown of what the various Chat Badges are, and a brief introduction on what Emoticons are.Notice an error or have feedback for this article? Let us know!
There are different levels of Moderators and support found on Twitch and Twitch's social media. To avoid confusion, here is a list of all chat badge types, ranging from users to staff. No other labels are officially sanctioned by Twitch.
User-Type Chat Badges
Subscription Chat Badges
These are badges available via purchasing subscriptions to various programs on Twitch.
There are also Cheering Chat Badges. Cheering shows your support for the Partner just like subscriptions do, and as you Cheer in a channel, you earn Cheer Chat Badges for that channel so that your support is recognized.
Your Cheer Chat Badge lasts indefinitely but will only appear in the channel where you earned it. While currently, Cheer Chat Badges represent the total number of Bits you have used to Cheer in that channel, broadcasters will be able to reset badges in the future. Learn more about Cheering here.
You will also find various versions of Subscriber Loyalty Badges for certain lengths of time users have been subscribed for.
Chat Emoticons
During your time interacting with chats on Twitch you will notice various Emoticons. There are thousands to be discovered, and include Global Emoticons and Subscriber Emoticons that you can unlock by subscribing to a Broadcaster, and Twitch Prime Emoticons that you receive for subscribing to Twitch Prime.
Emoticons play a heavy role in the Twitch culture and we encourage you to join in.